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Just wondering the average price of entry to your local climbing wall as Ive had quite afew folk telling me how expensive our own local in Aberdeen is compared to their own. £7.50 for entry and around 15 quid for entry and equipment hire.
In reply to mrbird:
£7.50 seems fairly normal, about that at alien rock and not as dear as the eica at £9.50 a climb.
although if its £15 including equipment hire thats a fairly hefy equipment fee!
£7.50 seems fairly normal, about that at alien rock and not as dear as the eica at £9.50 a climb.
although if its £15 including equipment hire thats a fairly hefy equipment fee!
In reply to mrbird: Our best local wall is £7 for all day entry at peak times, £6 for all day entry at non-peak times, and £5 to hire all equipment.
In reply to mrbird:
You shouldn't need to worry about cost, with offshore pay. (noticed your profile pic)
You shouldn't need to worry about cost, with offshore pay. (noticed your profile pic)
In reply to Adam Lincoln: aye youre right us North Sea tigers are loaded. Any of you peasants want me to pay for your climbing fees as well?
In reply to mrbird: A 37.50 entry fee seems about the average, but another £7.50 for gear? One of the walls here gear is £1 for shoe hire, 50p for a harness and belay device/biner is fee to lend.
In reply to Steve nevers: ah ok. Theyve been getting stricter on people coming in as unsupervised climbers as theyve been catching people blagging it saying they know what theyre doing. But if theyre charging 72quid for a learn to climb course I think its quite steep for being taught a skill which people can learn with a club for free...
In reply to mrbird: Erm, so join a club then!
In reply to mrbird: High Sports wall in Basildon is £12. annual registration and about £8.00 per session. The place is so small that two hours is long enough. Both auto belays are out of action and bouldering so limited that going on your own is not much of an option.The staff are great and there is a good atmosphere but even the staff (who get free entry) seem to go to the Reach which is about 25 miles away.(Reach is £4. lifetime registration and £8.00 entry. So much to do you could easily spend 12 hours there.Can someone from High Sports justify their prices.
In reply to Oceanrower: Very good. My you are a clever cookie. Such wit and wisdon. Thank you for your advice. But you should keep it till someone asks for it next time.
In reply to mrbird: You make a stupid comment on a forum then get annoyed when someone comments back. Maybe you don't understand how the system works so:
1. A climbing wall is a structure. it costs money to design, build and maintain.
2. A climbing wall has staff. These require paying.
3. A climbing wall is a business. It has overheads like insurance, heating, lighting, electricity, etc.
4. A club doesn't.
That is why a climbing wall charges 72 quid to teach you to climb and a club doesn't.
Oh, and if you weren't asking for advice, what was the point of your OP?
1. A climbing wall is a structure. it costs money to design, build and maintain.
2. A climbing wall has staff. These require paying.
3. A climbing wall is a business. It has overheads like insurance, heating, lighting, electricity, etc.
4. A club doesn't.
That is why a climbing wall charges 72 quid to teach you to climb and a club doesn't.
Oh, and if you weren't asking for advice, what was the point of your OP?
In reply to Oceanrower: I understand they have bills to pay but was just interested in other walls prices because of comments made by other climbers Id met.
In reply to mrbird:
Seems pretty typical. Gets a bit more expensive the further south you go, London walls are often over a tenner.
Neil
Seems pretty typical. Gets a bit more expensive the further south you go, London walls are often over a tenner.
Neil
In reply to Neil Williams: Cheers. Just wondering...
In reply to mrbird: Scottish climbers moaning about prices, I am saying nothing.
But as said above £7 +. Is not much to pay and seams fair compared to other walls.
But as said above £7 +. Is not much to pay and seams fair compared to other walls.
In reply to Oceanrower:
What"stupid comment",
The Op wasn't asking for advice he was asking for a comparison on prices.
> (In reply to mrbird) You make a stupid comment on a forum then get annoyed when someone comments back. Maybe you don't understand how the system works so:
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> Oh, and if you weren't asking for advice, what was the point of your OP?
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> Oh, and if you weren't asking for advice, what was the point of your OP?
What"stupid comment",
The Op wasn't asking for advice he was asking for a comparison on prices.
In reply to mrbird:
If the Walls any good and you think you'd like to be in there a decent amount do they do a monthly package?
One of my local walls a session is £5.50-£8.50 (depending on on/off-peak, cheaper if your using just the bouldering area, more to lead.) but a monthly all-in price is £35. So if i go twice a week i'm pretty much climbing for free for half the month.
If the Walls any good and you think you'd like to be in there a decent amount do they do a monthly package?
One of my local walls a session is £5.50-£8.50 (depending on on/off-peak, cheaper if your using just the bouldering area, more to lead.) but a monthly all-in price is £35. So if i go twice a week i'm pretty much climbing for free for half the month.
In reply to gd303uk: haha do you know scots invented copper wire?
In reply to Steve nevers: It is a good wall and all the staff are great but they only do a 6month or annual package. And if youre out doing winter stuff and hopefully trad during the summer its only when its raining you want to be there and not have to commit to a 6 month or annual contract.
In reply to mrbird: True, I'm currently 4 months into a 12 month deal.
But I am pretty lucky, as the centre is pretty much next door to my house, its a 4 min walk! so i make up for the weeks i'm away by hitting the centre for a session most days when the weathers crap/i'm being to lazy to bike it somewhere.
My general plan is pop in for at least a half hour of the circuit board most days, kind of helps me get my moneys worth, although there is a pub 2 mins away that seems to be getting more of my time at the moment!
But I am pretty lucky, as the centre is pretty much next door to my house, its a 4 min walk! so i make up for the weeks i'm away by hitting the centre for a session most days when the weathers crap/i'm being to lazy to bike it somewhere.
My general plan is pop in for at least a half hour of the circuit board most days, kind of helps me get my moneys worth, although there is a pub 2 mins away that seems to be getting more of my time at the moment!
In reply to john spence: The stupid comment was along the lines of "why should I pay £72 to learn to climb at a wall when a club will do it for nothing"
In reply to Oceanrower: incredible. You`re telling us what a post said when we can read it ourselves abit higher up on the screen. If you scroll up and read it again you`ll realise it does not say that.
In reply to mrbird: Oh dear. Yes, you could have scrolled up. However, John Spence asked what stupid comment and I pointed it out to him. A moments thought should have told you why a wall charges £72 where a club doesn't therefore, in my opinion, it was a stupid comment.
In reply to Oceanrower: ok lets be friends Xxx
In reply to mrbird: ok.
In reply to mrbird:
£12 is normal in Vancouver for a fairly average wall. I really miss the foundry sometimes, cheap and amazing.
£12 is normal in Vancouver for a fairly average wall. I really miss the foundry sometimes, cheap and amazing.
In reply to mrbird: TCA Glasgow is £8 plus £10 membership per year and that's only bouldering!
In reply to r fizzle:
Worth every penny. You can get every bit as thorough a work-out at a bouldering-only centre if it's of the scale and quality of TCA.
> TCA Glasgow is £8 plus £10 membership per year and that's only bouldering!
Worth every penny. You can get every bit as thorough a work-out at a bouldering-only centre if it's of the scale and quality of TCA.
In reply to mrbird: Leeds Wall is £2.50 for students off-peak on mon/wed/fri and the depot is students off peak £5 (6 for non-students).
£2.50 entry fee makes most other walls look expensive, and it's a damn good wall too! Plenty of routes, massive competition overhanging wall and bouldering areas
£2.50 entry fee makes most other walls look expensive, and it's a damn good wall too! Plenty of routes, massive competition overhanging wall and bouldering areas
In reply to Oceanrower: sorry but £72 for a learn to belay course is absolutely ridiculous! One persons wages for an hour between say 5 learners doesn't come anywhere close to that, even with their contribution to the wall's bills (considering others are contributing £5 entry fee going towards bills for an entire evening of climbing vs the learners 1 hour).
All the places I know do it for under a tenner, most do it for a fiver or completely free.
All the places I know do it for under a tenner, most do it for a fiver or completely free.
In reply to Morgan P: ignore "or completely free" I was thinking of a belay test not a belay lesson for the free ones
In reply to Morgan P: And where can you find a learn to CLIMB course that takes one hour?
A quick search through half a dozen of the best known walls shows that 2 evenings seems to be about average.
A quick search through half a dozen of the best known walls shows that 2 evenings seems to be about average.
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In reply to Jamie B:
TCA Bristol is the same prices.
Although its not that expensive for the amount of problems, graded circuits & circuit boards they have in there in the evenings its hard to get a third of what you'd get done in the afternoon because the place gets so bloody RAMMED. Almost like the common practice seems to be strength in numbers, mob a route and surround it! haha
Would maybe make more sense if they flipped their rates around, i.e £6.50 in the evenings and £8 in the day. Its a great place but a 4 hour session there the other night I could only get in 1.5-2 hours of actual bouldering in due to the 6 person long queues on every problem!
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> Worth every penny. You can get every bit as thorough a work-out at a bouldering-only centre if it's of the scale and quality of TCA.
TCA Bristol is the same prices.
Although its not that expensive for the amount of problems, graded circuits & circuit boards they have in there in the evenings its hard to get a third of what you'd get done in the afternoon because the place gets so bloody RAMMED. Almost like the common practice seems to be strength in numbers, mob a route and surround it! haha
Would maybe make more sense if they flipped their rates around, i.e £6.50 in the evenings and £8 in the day. Its a great place but a 4 hour session there the other night I could only get in 1.5-2 hours of actual bouldering in due to the 6 person long queues on every problem!
In reply to Steve nevers:
Business economics would suggest that charging the most when lots of people are willing to pay it would be more sensible!
Have your tried weekend mornings? Sometimes it is busy (probably what you would class as a quiet evening) but I have been there with barely half a dozen people at times. You may have to watch out for my children arseing around when my back is turned though. After 2 hours when you can climb pretty much continually I can barely walk!
> Would maybe make more sense if they flipped their rates around, i.e £6.50 in the evenings and £8 in the day.
Business economics would suggest that charging the most when lots of people are willing to pay it would be more sensible!
Have your tried weekend mornings? Sometimes it is busy (probably what you would class as a quiet evening) but I have been there with barely half a dozen people at times. You may have to watch out for my children arseing around when my back is turned though. After 2 hours when you can climb pretty much continually I can barely walk!
In reply to mrbird:
Get yourself down to Sunderland Wall. its only 5 quid on a Wednesday, £6.50 any other day. The staff are great, and so are the facilities, they have a 23meter lead wall fantastic bouldering, what more could you ask for.
Get yourself down to Sunderland Wall. its only 5 quid on a Wednesday, £6.50 any other day. The staff are great, and so are the facilities, they have a 23meter lead wall fantastic bouldering, what more could you ask for.
In reply to mrbird: £5.50 at Rochdale, no membership fee. Gear hire is £1, for that you get everything. Not bad imho!
Thevshowroom in lincoln is £6.50 for a session which i think is fine. Plenty of slab, vertical, a small amount of 'rock', overhang and 4 autobelays. Decent value
In reply to mrbird: £10 is the average around London, it was more like £7 when I was living closer to the midlands. Personally I pay £42 for unlimited use at my local wall which is a bargain since at the moment I'm trying to climb three times a week and it will often be at that particular wall.
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